Strategic Planning
Continue to main contentSEMO President Brad Hodson has charged the Strategic Planning Task Force to develop a comprehensive plan that reinvents our University and strengthens our ability to intentionally serve the evolving needs of students, employers, and our region.
Table of Contents
November 2025
- Share data request
- Align on desired outcomes
- Surface key themes to address
- Finalize project plan and charter
- Design stakeholder engagement approach
February-March 2026
- Develop synthesis of key themes and options
- Facilitate prioritization session with senior leaders
- Align on prioritized goals, initiatives, and success metrics
- Select Task Force members draft the initial strategic plan document
- Review and iterate on the document
- Socialize the plan
- Refine and finalize based on community feedback
- Develop implementation plan
Strategic Planning Task Force
- Dr. Moretta Burk, Chairperson/Associate Professor, Nursing
- Mr. Eric Chambers, Director, Institutional Research
- Dr. Kevin Dickson, Interim Dean, Harrison College of Business
- Dr. Brian Donovant, Chairperson, Professor, Criminal Justice, Social Work and Sociology
- Dr. Doug Koch, Interim Provost
- Mr. Robert Knodell, City Manager, City of Poplar Bluff
- Ms. Marcie Lawson, CEO, Sikeston Chamber, Economic Development and Tourism
- Mr. Eric Levin, Vice Chair, Southeast Missouri University Foundation
- Mr. Chris Martin, Chief of Staff and General Counsel
- Dr. Chelsea McNeely, Director of Online and Graduate Services
- Mr. Dan Presson, Assistant Vice President, Economic and Workforce Development
- Mr. Drew Roth, Vice President, Student Government Association
- Dr. Samantha Siemers, Assistant Professor, Agriculture
- Mr. Lloyd Smith, Vice President, Board of Governors
- Ms. Tonya Wells, Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Communications
- Ms. Betsy Wilcox, Assistant Athletics Director, Student Support Services/Sr. Woman Administrator
- Dr. Tamara Zellars Buck, Chairperson/Professor, Mass Media
- Dr. Keith Zomomski, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs, Mineral Area College
Phone
Email
Location
Academic Hall 146
Mailing Address
One University Plaza, MS 3300
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701